Windows

Install the package by locating the downloaded file and double-clicking on it.

You may require "Administrator" privileges to install.

If after installion, you get a window that says it may have not installed properly, just click that it did install properly.

Once installed, run the US-SOMO program by clicking on the US-SOMO icon and select "Register", then "E-Mail import" and open the generic license file emailed to you in the attachment, then "Save", "Ok", and "Close".

At this point, run the US-SOMO program by clicking the US-SOMO icon again, then click the "SAXS/SANS" button to open up the SAS module, then click the "HPLC" button to open up the HPLC module as shown here.

The extraction will produce a subdirectory. (which you can rename if you wish).

Edit the file us_somo.desktop (in the subdirectory just created) and update the path of Exec= and Icon= lines to reflect the actual path of install.

Once installed, run the program by opening your file browser and clicking on the US-SOMO icon and select "Register", then "E-Mail import" and open the license file that you received in the registration email, then "Save", "Ok", and "Close".

At this point, run the US-SOMO program by clicking the US-SOMO icon again, then click the "SAXS/SANS" button to open up the SAS module, then click the "HPLC" button to open up the HPLC module as shown here.

MAC OSX instructions

Take care to follow any special instructions here and make sure to read the "Read_Me_First" file included with the package for any special notes.

If you have issues with installing, please email the program support contact listed here.

For convenience, use the Finder to locate the us3_somo.exe in /Applications/ultrascan3/bin/ and drag it to your Launcher.
Once installed and running, the first time you run it, it will likely ask to install several ".new" files, simply click "OK", and the files will be installed and the program will exit.

At this point, run the US-SOMO program by clicking the US-SOMO icon again, then click the "SAXS/SANS" button to open up the SAS module, then click the "HPLC" button to open up the HPLC module as shown here.

Other options

N.B.: We recommend you use a US2 version if possible, as it has greater performance, especially when working with the HPLC-SAXS tools (seemingly due to bloat of "upgraded" underlying libraries, but we have plans to fully migrate to US3 once the performance bottlenecks have been optimized).

One can utilize a Virtual Machine manager such as VirtualBox to install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS 64 bit or Windows as a guest and then follow the approriate instructions for US2 versions above.

US3 versions are available for Windows, generic Linux 32 and 64 bit and from source code. Details are here.